diff --git a/README.textile b/README.textile
index 385678a..6d4637b 100644
--- a/README.textile
+++ b/README.textile
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ Download happens away from the UI thread and the images are cached with a two-le
 
 h2. Recent changes
 
+h3. 1.5.7-SNAPSHOT
+
+* Added the possibility of loading a picture with an Animation
+
 h3. 1.5.6-SNAPSHOT
 
 * Removed necessity to set a service in the manifest for the clean up. Everything is done in the BasicFileManager with a background thread.
@@ -161,6 +165,31 @@ ImageLoader contains a utility class for directly downloading a Bitmap from a UR
 
 This method will throw an ImageNotFoundException if there is no image on the other end of your URL.
 
+h3. Adding an animation
+
+If you want to load a an image using an animation you just have to add an Animation object to the imageLoader.load method
+
+<pre><code>
+
+ImageTagFactory imageTagFactory = new ImageTagFactory(this, R.drawable.bg_img_loading);
+imageTagFactory.setErrorImageId(R.drawable.bg_img_notfound);
+
+Animation fadeInAnimation = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this, R.anim.fade_in);
+
+private ViewBinder getViewBinder() {
+  return new ViewBinder() {
+    @Override
+    public boolean setViewValue(View view, Cursor cursor, int columnIndex) {
+      // Build image tag with remote image URL
+      ImageTag tag = imageTagFactory.build(cursor.getString(columnIndex));
+      ((ImageView) view).setTag(tag);
+      imageLoader.load(view, fadeInAnimation);
+      return true;
+    }
+  };
+}
+</code></pre>
+
 h2. Getting the library
 
 h3. Using Maven
diff --git a/demo/AndroidManifest.xml b/demo/AndroidManifest.xml
index 3d65b5f..7d15608 100644
--- a/demo/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/demo/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 <manifest
   xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   package="com.novoda.imageloader.demo"
-  android:versionCode="7"
-  android:versionName="1.5.6">
+  android:versionCode="8"
+  android:versionName="1.5.7-SNAPSHOT">
 
   <uses-sdk
     android:minSdkVersion="4"